[Apple Accuses OpenAI of Technology Theft, OpenAI Calls Claims 'Baseless'] According to Golden Finance, on July 15, in response to Apple's trade secret lawsuit, OpenAI stated that the company 'has found no evidence to support the relevant allegations' and emphasized its respect for fair competition and support for the free flow of talent, while currently focusing on independently developing innovative technologies. Apple recently filed a lawsuit alleging that OpenAI, in its efforts to develop AI hardware products, had used former Apple employees to obtain the company's trade secrets. Apple also accused OpenAI's hardware team of inducing job applicants to bring internal Apple materials and assisting in circumventing the company's security reviews. A former iPhone engineer who left Apple earlier this year to join OpenAI was further accused of illegally obtaining internal documents such as engineering presentation slides. Apple claimed that OpenAI's hardware team is 'built on an unstable foundation' and even 'rotten to the core.'